Pretty Decent Alcohol-Free Beers

Pretty Decent Beer Co is an independent East London brewery, set up in 2017 by Sarah and James Casey in a railway arch in Forest Gate and since December 2022 on the Blackhorse Beer Mile, E17. Its alcohol-free pale ale, Can You Kazoo?, is 0.5%, and the brewery gives part of what it makes to charity.

Who are Pretty Decent?

Pretty Decent Beer Co started in 2017 as London’s smallest commercial brewery, founded by Sarah and James Casey, the Brewers Journal reported in 2022. Des de Moor says it first sold beer in May 2017 from an arch at 338 Sheridan Road, Forest Gate, E7, under the Gospel Oak to Barking line, on an “overgrown homebrew kit”, and took the neighbouring arch as a taproom in June 2021.

It describes itself as “Independent, small-batch pales, IPAs and limited releases”. “We brew small batch, but big range,” James Casey told the Brewers Journal, and “Our aim is that everyone should feel included by what we offer”. We found no larger group involved, so we list it as independent.

From Forest Gate to Blackhorse Road

It grew to “about 5,000 pints a week at its previous home”, and on Friday 9 December 2022 it opened a new brewery and taproom in a former motor repair shop on Blackhorse Road, E17, on the Blackhorse Beer Mile, with “a 1,500-litre brewhouse and 20 taps”, the Brewers Journal reported; it planned to reach nearly 20,000 pints a week within two years. Des de Moor gives the address as 10 Uplands Business Park, Blackhorse Lane, E17 5QL, describes a 10 hl system from Oban Ales, and names Chris Pollard as head brewer.

It now has three taprooms across East London, it says: Blackhorse Road, Forest Gate and Victoria Park. The Victoria Park taproom, at Bow Wharf, was the East London Liquor Company’s until it reopened as Pretty Decent in November 2024, Des de Moor says; an outlet at 17&Central opened in April 2024 and closed in July 2025.

Pretty Decent and charity

The brewery’s giving has changed over the years. The Brewers Journal reported in 2022 that “A share of each sale goes to causes”, including local food banks and international water charities, and Des de Moor writes that it gave 15p from each pint sold to Pump Aid, a charity working on safe water in sub-Saharan Africa (his page isn’t dated).

Its own charity page says it used to donate 1% of its revenue to charities and causes, and now gives at least 2% of its production, roughly 3,000 litres of beer, to venues and partners. Through its charity beer fund it gives free beer to venues that commit to raise at least its sales value, £250 a keg or £100 a 24-pack, for a local cause, and it expects to raise over £50,000 over the next year, it says. Past causes include local food banks and organisations helping women gain employment.

Can You Kazoo?, its alcohol-free pale ale

Can You Kazoo? is a 0.5% pale ale in 440ml cans. Untappd lists it as “Pale Ale - Other”, Dry Drinker as a “0.5% alcohol free pale ale” and Ghost Whale as an “Alcohol free hazy pale ale”. The brewery’s own webshop lists no alcohol-free beer, so it’s sold through other shops.

The hops depend on who you ask: Untappd, Craft Metropolis, Hop Vault and Ghost Whale list Citra, Idaho 7 and Nelson Sauvin, while Dry Drinker says it’s “Brewed with Citra and Mosaic hops.” Nobody we read gives a full ingredient list, a calorie figure or how it’s made. Ghost Whale says it contains gluten; Dry Drinker, Craft Metropolis and Ghost Whale call it vegan. We found no awards.

Dry Drinker calls it “packed with bright tropical fruit, citrus and gentle pine” and “Smooth, balanced and vegan friendly”, from “the independent East London brewery known for big flavour and witty labels”. The blurb on Untappd, Craft Metropolis and Hop Vault reads “You can do it too with Kazoo”. On Untappd it averaged 3.54 out of 5 from 411 ratings when we looked on 1 November 2026. We haven’t scored it yet.

How Can You Kazoo? compares

Alcohol-free pale ales from UK breweries in our directory. Calories as published; checked 1 November 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

The Pretty Decent beer in our directory

No published calorie figure found; checked 1 November 2026. We haven’t scored it yet.

Where to buy Pretty Decent

Can You Kazoo? wasn’t in stock at Dry Drinker or Wise Bartender when we checked in October 2026, and on 1 November 2026 Craft Metropolis, Hop Vault and Clapton Craft showed it as sold out; Ghost Whale listed it at £4.15, though we couldn’t see whether it was in stock. For others, see our guide to the best alcohol-free pale ale.

Facts checked against Pretty Decent’s own website, the Brewers Journal, Des de Moor, Untappd, Dry Drinker, Craft Metropolis, Hop Vault, Ghost Whale and Clapton Craft, 1 November 2026.